Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Canton | Gerardmer | |
| Community association | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 10 ′ N , 6 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 455-1,143 m | |
| surface | 45.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 949 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88230 | |
| INSEE code | 88106 | |
 Location of the commune of Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy in the Vosges department |
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Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy is a French commune with 949 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and the municipality of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges .
geography
Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy consists of the eponymous parts Clefcy at the confluence of the Kleine Meurthe ( La Petite Meurthe ) in the Meurthe and Ban-sur-Meurthe , the former Bann / Bannwald south of Clefcy, a sparsely populated, 30 km² large wooded area in the upper Vosges . Clefcy is located 15 kilometers southeast of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges , the capital (chef-lieu) of the arrondissement of the same name and 20 kilometers northeast of the city of Gérardmer . The Kleine Meurthe flows from the source to the mouth over a length of almost ten kilometers through the entire 45.04 km² municipal area from south to north and takes in several small mountain streams ( Ruisseau du Seucy, Ruisseau Le Noir Ruxel ). The highest point in the municipality of Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy is the 1142 m high Signal de Sérichamp , several other mountains also reach the 1000 m mark.
The municipal area of Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy consists of 80% forests ( Forêt domaniale de la Haute-Meurthe ). On the banks of the river and in the wider Meurthe valley in the north of the municipality there is pastureland. Some locations above 1000 meters are unwooded and serve as summer pastures for sheep.
The districts of Clefcy, Le Grand Valtin and Sachemont belong to Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy .
Neighboring communities to Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy are Fraize in the northeast, Plainfaing in the east, Le Valtin in the southeast, Xonrupt-Longemer in the south, Gerbépal in the southwest and Anould in the northwest.
history
In the originally dense, contiguous forest areas of the high Vosges, monks began clearing in the Middle Ages, which the settlers later continued. So many small, secluded mountain farms have sprung up in the area of today's municipality.
Before the French Revolution, Clefcy (still written Clefrys in 1796 ) was dependent on the bishops of Saint-Diés , while Ban-le-Duc , later Meurthe Ban ( Ban-sur-Meurthe ), was obliged to the Duke of Lorraine.
From the 15th century there were periods of mining in the area of the Kleine Meurthe, among other things copper was found, later granite was mined.
The Sainte-Agathe church was built in 1784. In the middle of the 19th century, the population peaked at 2,700.
On July 1, 1995, the municipality of Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy was created from the merger of Clefcy and Ban-sur-Meurthe .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 694 | 667 | 653 | 717 | 756 | 798 | 954 | 949 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Church of Sainte-Agathe in Clefcy
- le défilé de Straiture , a forest area criss-crossed by narrow gorges in the south of the municipality
Economy and Infrastructure
There are 20 farms in the municipality (potato cultivation, dairy farming, cattle, goat and sheep breeding). Due to the abundance of forests in the Vosges, forestry has a long tradition. In Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy, there are now smaller businesses whose products include flour products and prefabricated wooden houses.
Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clecy is the location of a public primary school (Ecole primaire publique).
Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy is located immediately south of the RN 415 , which leads from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges over the nearby Col du Bonhomme and Colmar to Breisach am Rhein . From Clefcy, the D 73 trunk road leads along the sometimes very narrow valley of the Kleine Meurthe to the neighboring communities of Xonrupt-Longemer (over the 810 m high Col du Surceneux ) and Le Valtin .
supporting documents
- ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
